Installing Kubeflow On Ubuntu

In 2017, I built this deep learning machine as a solution to my growing AWS bill. In 2020, I struggled to get this machine to run Kubeflow locally. Here are the instructions that worked for me.

Some of these instructions are based on this Ubuntu.com tutorial.

Turn On Virtualization On AMD Chipset

In BIOS, go to:

  1. M.I.T.
  2. Advanced Frequency Settings
  3. Advanced CPU Core Settings
  4. Set SVM Mode to Enabled

Install MicroK8s

MicroK8s is a small version of Kubernetes that will work well locally.

sudo snap install microk8s --classic

Check MicroK8s Is Working

sudo microk8s status --wait-ready

Inspect MicroK8s Install

If the above command takes a long time, you can debug using inspect:

sudo microk8s inspect

Add Your User To The Micro8Ks Group Created By Micro8Ks

sudo usermod -a -G microk8s $USER
sudo chown -f -R $USER ~/.kube

Deploy Kubeflow

sudo microk8s.enable dns dashboard storage

Start Kubeflow

microk8s.enable kubeflow

This is what you should see:

(base) [email protected]:~$ microk8s.enable kubeflow
Enabling dns...
Enabling storage...
Enabling dashboard...
Enabling ingress...
Enabling metallb:10.64.140.43-10.64.140.49...
Waiting for DNS and storage plugins to finish setting up
Deploying Kubeflow...
Kubeflow deployed.
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Operator pods ready.
Waiting for service pods to become ready.

Congratulations, Kubeflow is now available.
The dashboard is available at http://10.64.140.43.xip.io/

    Username: admin
    Password: AKO0X8OOHDU211OQZ71MURFS9BU7UN

To see these values again, run:

    microk8s juju config dex-auth static-username
    microk8s juju config dex-auth static-password

You can go to Kubeflow’s UI using the link and login informatin presented above.

Shut Down Kubeflow

sudo microk8s disable kubeflow